Word: sprawl
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Tagged as an environmental extremist, Gore has considered ecological preservation as a cornerstore of his career. He supports ethanol subsidies for Iowa farmers. He strongly supports emission reductions from gas engines. Lately, he has targeted suburban sprawl, emphasizing the psychological effects of the push outward from cities...
Light pollution, a term coined by astronomers trying to protect mountaintop telescopes from the encroaching glare of urban sprawl, is fast becoming a national concern. Legislation to "bag the beam," as one campaign refers to it, is pending in four states, including New York and Massachusetts. Last summer Texas and New Mexico enacted tough laws to restrict outdoor lights, and just last week officials in Fauquier County, Va., joining hundreds of regional enforcement efforts, voted unanimously in favor of similar restrictions. Even Inuits living 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle have reportedly begun to complain about the lights...